Linares is a small city in the
state of
Nuevo León
Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...
,
Mexico. The city serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding
municipality of the same name and it is the largest urban centre of the so-called "orange belt" region. The city had a 2005 census population of 56,065, while the municipality's population was 71,061. The city and the municipality both rank tenth in population in the state. The municipality has an area of 2,445.2 km² (944.1 sq mi) and lies in the east-southeast part of the state on the border with the state of
Tamaulipas. The municipality of
Hualahuises is an
enclave
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of Linares municipality.
It was founded on 2 April 1712 by
Sebastián Villegas Cumplido and named in honour of the serving
Viceroy of New Spain,
Fernando de Alencastre Norona y Silva
Fernando de Alencastre Noroña y Silva, 1st Duke of Linares, GE (April 15, 1662 in Madrid, Spain – June 3, 1717 in Mexico City) was a Spanish nobleman and military officer. He also served as Viceroy of New Spain (colonial México), from Janua ...
,
Duke of
Linares.
Linares has a small industrial park and is well-connected to both Monterrey and the Gulf of Mexico via a modern highway. It is also the main gateway to the southern part of the state.
Linares and its environs are the setting for
SofÃa Segovia
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's 2015 novel ''El murmullo de las abejas'' (''The Murmur of Bees''). The town is also where the legendary ''norteño'' band
Los Cadetes De Linares
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originated from in the 1970s.
Twin towns and sister cities
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Linares, Spain
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Linares, Colombia
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Linares, Chile
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Mission, Texas, United States
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Monclova
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, Mexico
Locator maps
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References
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005INEGI: Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica, GeografÃa e Informática
Nuevo LeónEnciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
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Official Ayuntamiento de Linares websiteLinaresvivo.com: Social Website
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Populated places in Nuevo León
Populated places established in 1711
18th-century establishments in Mexico
1711 establishments in the Spanish Empire